PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sakmongkol Sitsongrit (ranked 16 p4p, 189 weight class) and Tommy Gavin (ranked 2 p4p, 20 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sitsongrit
vs
Gavin

174 cm
28
146
18 - 0 - 1

168 cm
29
145
12 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Shadow Warrior Nutrition
Carnage

Conviction
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sakmongkol Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Gavin!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gavin.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
Some bone on bone action there as Gavin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gavin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gavin's head.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Gavin's front leg but catches the back leg as Gavin tries to avoid it.
Gavin walks into a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sitsongrit lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gavin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gavin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Gavin misses.
Sitsongrit is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Sakmongkol Sitsongrit has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that misses
and Gavin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gavin slips a jab from Sitsongrit.
It seemed like Gavin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Gavin moves out of range.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Gavin moved out of range.
Gavin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gavin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sitsongrit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little jabbing left from Gavin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gavin throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Gavin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a really nice looking cross but Gavin seems unphased.
Sitsongrit scores with a decent looking hook.
Gavin blocks the body kick.
Sitsongrit moves away from the strike by Gavin.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gavin.
Gavin on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gavin throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gavin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gavin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sitsongrit - the referee stops the clock and Gavin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sitsongrit. Gavin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gavin counters with a straight right hand.
Gavin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sitsongrit.
It seemed like Gavin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by Gavin.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick
and Gavin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gavin moves away.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Gavin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gavin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gavin manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gavin! But no joy.
Gavin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Gavin saw that one coming.
Gavin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the head.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body. Gavin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sitsongrit lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body shot.
Gavin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sitsongrit to score with a decent uppercut.
Gavin takes one on the button.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a glancing blow to the side of Gavin's head.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sitsongrit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and Gavin counters with a body kick that stops Sitsongrit in his tracks momentarily.
Gavin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Gavin slips under a jab from Sitsongrit.
Gavin throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gavin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook.
Sitsongrit cracks Gavin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sakmongkol Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sakmongkol Sitsongrit's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Gavin throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gavin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick that misses.
Gavin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Both fighters circling a little - Sitsongrit finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch there but Gavin circles away.
Gavin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Gavin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot that sends Gavin's belly button to the back.
Sitsongrit cracks Gavin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavin walks into a stiff left hand from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gavin can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gavin on the side of the head.
Sitsongrit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gavin. That did some damage!
Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and Gavin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gavin is out of range.
Gavin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gavin is out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gavin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Gavin saw that one coming.
Gavin throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gavin! But no joy.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gavin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gavin throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Gavin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Gavin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Gavin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sitsongrit has got the better of the exchanges.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces Gavin off the cage and back into range.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Gavin looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sakmongkol Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gavin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sakmongkol Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Gavin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gavin throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sitsongrit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gavin doesn't seem bothered though.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sitsongrit lands with a straight right. Gavin didn't see that one coming.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Gavin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gavin down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a jab.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gavin! But no joy.
Nice defenses there by Gavin.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gavin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Gavin is rocked!
Sitsongrit closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Gavin! Sitsongrit dives in looking to finish! Gavin is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sakmongkol Sitsongrit!
Sakmongkol Sitsongrit retains his featherweight title!
Sakmongkol Sitsongrit decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.